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BackPack Program and School Food Markets | Food Bank of Lincoln, Inc.

1221 Kingbird Road, Lincoln, NE 68521

Eligibility

BackPack Program available to students as identified by school personnel, call for information; School Food Markets open to anyone

Required documents

None
(402) 466-8170

Voice - Main Phone

www.lincolnfoodbank.org
[email protected]

Application process

Call for information

Fees

None

Service area

Butler County, NE
Saunders County, NE
Gage County, NE
Thayer County, NE
Nemaha County, NE
Seward County, NE
York County, NE
Lancaster County, NE
Pawnee County, NE
Otoe County, NE
Johnson County, NE
Saline County, NE
Jefferson County, NE
Fillmore County, NE
Polk County, NE
Richardson County, NE

Description

BackPack program provides food-filled backpacks that go home with about 2,000 children each Friday during the school year.  Menus rotate each week and typically include fresh produce.

School Food Markets are pop-up food distributions in schools where students and their families can select from a variety of food items, including fresh products, meat and dairy.

Providing organization

Food Bank of Lincoln, Inc.

Agency distribution network including non-profit agency partners in 16 counties that support efforts to distribute food and other needed items in Southeast Nebraska.